San Luis Obispo, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/523 bedsFor-profit
- Nurse hours
- 6.98 /day
- Staff turnover
- 44%
- Serious cites
- 0
San Luis Transitional Care is a small for-profit home, 23 beds, with a recent inspection and a clean record on serious problems: seven deficiencies total, none causing harm or jeopardy, none tied to abuse. Its inspection and quality measure ratings both come in at the top of CMS's scale, and staff turnover runs slightly below the national average. The catch is staffing. CMS rates that dimension at the bottom of its scale, which matters more in a 23-bed home, where there's less slack to absorb a callout or a heavy shift. Families weighing this one should ask directly how many aides are on the floor at night and on weekends, because the paperwork looks strong and the coverage is the open question.
San Luis Obispo, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/5162 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 5.31 /day
- Staff turnover
- 39%
- Serious cites
- 0
Mission View Health Center runs on 5.31 nurse hours per resident per day, roughly a third more than the national average, and that staffing holds up fairly well on weekends, about 6% thinner than weekdays, but not the drop-off you see at a lot of places. Staff turnover sits at 38.8%, better than the 45.8% national figure, which matters for whether you see the same faces month to month. The inspection record is clean where it counts: 8 deficiencies, none at the harm level and none abuse-related, with the most recent survey in December 2025. It's a for-profit corporate home with 162 beds, and the numbers here are consistent rather than exceptional in any one spot.
Arroyo Grande, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/599 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.48 /day
- Staff turnover
- 21%
- Serious cites
- 0
Arroyo Grande Care Center sits in a county with plenty of options, and its numbers hold up well against them. Nurse staffing runs 4.48 hours per resident day, comfortably above the national mark, and the weekend dip is modest enough that care doesn't appear to fall off a cliff every Saturday. Ten deficiencies on record with none at harm or jeopardy level and nothing abuse-related, plus a clean five-star inspection rating and a survey from July 2025, suggest a home that stays on top of its obligations. Staff turnover of 21% is less than half the national rate, which matters more than any single score when you're thinking about who will actually be there month to month.
Morro Bay, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/5145 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.81 /day
- Staff turnover
- 43%
- Serious cites
- 0
Bayside runs a five-star health inspection and a five-star quality measure rating, and its 17 deficiencies on file carry no harm or jeopardy findings and nothing abuse-related, a clean record, especially with an inspection as recent as December 2025. Nurse staffing sits at 4.81 hours per resident day, roughly a quarter above the national average, though weekends drop about 17% below its own weekday coverage, which matters if your family visits on Saturdays. Turnover at 43.3% edges just under the national figure, unremarkable for a for-profit limited liability company. The weak spot is staffing depth relative to the rest.
San Luis Obispo, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/5162 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.44 /day
- Staff turnover
- 46%
- Serious cites
- 0
San Luis Post Acute Center sits in San Luis Obispo with 162 certified beds under corporate ownership. Its 4.44 nurse hours per resident day runs about 15% above the national average of 3.86, and weekend staffing dips roughly 8% below weekday levels, a gap worth asking about if your family visits mainly on Saturdays and Sundays. The inspection record is the stronger story: a recent March 2025 survey, 16 deficiencies on file but none at the harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related. Turnover lands at 45.5%, essentially matching the national 45.8%. For-profit ownership and a solid survey history together.
Templeton, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/599 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- 4.89 /day
- Staff turnover
- 48%
- Serious cites
- 0
Vineyard Hills runs on more nursing hours than most places, 4.89 per resident per day, roughly a quarter above the national average, and that shows up in its four-out-of-five staffing rating. It's not perfect coverage, though: weekends run about 15% thinner than weekdays, and annual turnover sits at 48.1%, a touch above the national figure, so the faces around a resident change fairly often. On the regulatory side, the record is clean where it matters most. Sixteen deficiencies on the current file, but none at the harm level and none tied to abuse, with a five-star health inspection rating and a survey completed in June 2025. Corporate-owned and Medicare-certified for 99 beds.
Atascadero, CA · San Luis Obispo County
★★★★★CMS 5/565 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
- Nurse hours
- n/a /day
- Staff turnover
- n/a
- Serious cites
- 0
Coastal Oaks passed its most recent inspection in June 2025 with nine deficiencies on record, none of them serious enough to cause harm or jeopardy, and no abuse citations at all. That's a clean paper trail by any standard. The two CMS ratings that matter most here, health inspections and quality measures, both sit at the top of the scale. What holds the grade back is the ownership structure: a for-profit limited liability company running 65 beds, which tends to mean tighter margins and less cushion for staffing than you'd see at a nonprofit or a county-run home. Ask what the direct-care hours per resident actually look like on weekends, because that's where for-profit facilities often trim.